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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sanni, Samuel Eshorame
• Agboola, Oluranti
• Fagbiele, Omololu
• Yusuf, Esther Ojima
• Emetere, Moses Eterigho

Titel

Optimization of natural gas treatment for the removal of CO2 and H2S in a novel alkaline-DEA hybrid scrubber

Ist Teil von

• Egyptian journal of petroleum, 2020-03, Vol.29 (1), p.83-94

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• [Display omitted] •Natural gas containing CO2 and H2S were collected from 4 gas fields and treated using Ca(OH)2-DEA hybrid mixture.•The simulation was carried out using ASPEN HYSYS version 8.8.•Optimum conditions for scrubbing the natural gas was found to be with DEA-Ca(OH)2 hybrid mix in the range of 27.4–30% and pressure of 2–2.7 bar.•CO2 and H2S were completely stripped off the feed gas thus, 100% removal of the contaminants is possible at 2–2.7 bar (2–2.7*10−5 kgm−1 s−2). Contaminated natural gas when carelessly handled, often poses human and equipment related problems ranging from lung and skin infections to corrosion, equipment fouling/failure and reduction in gas quality owing to the presence of acid gases. In this work, four natural gas (NG) samples were treated to remove CO2 and H2S using 10–50% Di-Ethanolamine (DEA) solutions mixed with 5% w/w 0.1 M calcium hydroxide. The treatment process gave increased acid gas removal at increased DEA concentrations. Based on the simulation results, cost effective treatment of the gas samples, require 0.1 M Ca(OH)2 and DEA mixed solutions in the range of 27.4–30%. The optimum mixture concentration for the gas treatment was found to be 30% Ca(OH)2-DEA hybrid solution with feed gas flow rate of 830 kscf/h. In terms of pressure energy consumption, pumping the hybrid mix at 830 kscf/h will save pressure energy as compared to pumping the feed gas at 1024.58 kscf/h since the lower and upper limit feed gas flow rates gave similar results. The optimum pressure for NG treatment was found to be in the range of 2–2.7 bar (2–2.7*105 kgm−1 s−2).